Music Reviews
Just Like Heaven by The Cure
Just Like Heaven is a song by The Cure that I have always liked. This song came out on the wave of the new, alternative rock and the end of the new wave genre. Just Like Heaven’s sound is soft contains a lot of blended synthesizers, but it also …
‘I’m Not Afraid’ by Eminem
Controversial rap performing artist Eminem is known for many things, and most of them not good. Loyal fans were angered several years ago when he announced his retirement, but to the surprise of some, the Detroit native has made a come back with a new album. The most popular …
More Than A Feeling
“More Than A Feeling”
Performer: Boston
I have to admit I had no idea who the music group Boston was before I saw the trailer for the movie, “Men Who Stare At Goats”. Every time I would see the trailer for “Men Who Stare At Goats”, I would hear this catchy …
Ishtar (alabina)
Initially it would not catch me listening to this kind of music, but this wonderful singer left me with no other choice but making an exception. The first time I heard her voice I thought that I was in the dream, I caught myself day dreaming and losing all …
The Holiday Collection - Volume III CD
The Holiday Collection - Volume III CD is a collection of Christmas music that was sold to benefit the City of Hope. I don’t honestly remember how I got a hold of this because I don’t have the first two volumes. Volume 3 is very nice though. …
Dream Theater - Chaos in Motion DVD
The progressive rock band Dream Theater, known for their long, winding, and technically complex music, also has a penchant for equally lengthy and densely packed live-concert DVDs; the recent “Chaos In Motion” is no exception.
Disk 1 an immense collection of 180 minutes worth of live concert footage, …
Gone with the Wind soundtrack CD
This Gone with the Wind soundtrack CD is labeled as ‘The New Recording of Max Steiner’s Classic’. It was done with LaserLight Digital technology. It has one big plus and one big minus in my book.
The big plus is that this music is as wonderful as ever. …
System Of A Down - Bounce (Song)
Bounce is a song by System Of A Down which appears on their second album, Toxicity. Right from the start the song is extremely aggressive and Tankian matches the intensity of the music with his own vocal delivery. The track is pretty hectic, although to no extreme sense, it …
System Of A Down - Innervision (Song)
Innervision is a song by System Of A Down which appears on their record Steal This Album. The track starts off with a moderate tempo and features a heavy guitar part from Malakian before going into a more driving riff rather than a very heavy percussive rhythm riff. Tankian …
Dont Blow Your Top, 1988 Album by KMFDM
One could find many reasons to criticize this album, probably, but I personally do like it though. I first got acquainted with KMFDM by their post-millennial albums, and then I got to listen to this, which could be considered its first true complete album, even though there were two …
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975)
After the monstrously successful “Dark Side of The Moon” Pink Floyd ultimately reached their goal of becoming rich and famous, from cozy stages they’ve reached to play in stadiums, their name being known everywhere and by everyone. And the pressure the band was forced to deal with also made …
Pablo Honey, 1993 Album by Radiohead
On some levels it is probably difficult to admit it, but, looking back at this album, and comparing it to the albums that Radiohead afterwards, this album indeed comes off rather badly. I personally think that this album is quite weak. And it is my mature opinion, which is …
Little Mix - Secret Love Song ft. Jason Derulo (2016 Song)
I’m not totally a fan of girl groups but something about this song caught my attention. I was originally browsing in Instagram when one of my friends posted a song that what I thought to be original. It had a caption “Secret Love Song” and I listened to it, …
The Beatles - The White Album (Side II)
Overview - Side II of The White Album continues with the mix of Lennon and McCartney compositions, but also includes one by Harrison as well and even one by Starr. Similar to side I, this side of the album has a lot of melodic songs to it but also …
Coma off Use Your Illusion
An epic song off the Use your illusion record that is definetely worth listening to is the song Coma. this is their longest song peaking at 10 minutes and thirteen seconds. This song is written exclusively by Slash and Axl Rose. Axl really sings cool lyrics that are almost …
Metallica - Blitzkrieg (Song)
Blitzkrieg is a cover from the metal band called Blitzkrieg which Metallica recorded sometime during the early 1980s as a B-side for Kill —˜Em All, if memory serves me correctly, and officially released on one of the disks for Garage, Inc. I have to say that if Metallica were …
The New Pornographers (band)
I do not usually get very excited over indie bands, and indie rock music on a whole, but after hearing a few songs from the Canadian indie rock band “The New Pornographers”, I decided that not all indie rock bands are monotonous after all.
One of the biggest …
The Rolling Stones - Let It Loose (Song)
Let It Loose is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Exile On Main St. Let It Loose opens up with a very melodic feel with a clean guitar part and then Jagger delicately coming in with his vocal delivery. As this slower part continues …
Faryl Smith Album (UK)
Faryl Smith Album
In 2008 Faryl Smith stunned the many thousands of watchers on the TV Talent show Britain’s Got Talent. At the age of 13 who voice was truly unbelievable, in a good way that was, she had a voice just as good as the most known professionals in …
Slayer - 213 (Song)
213 is a song by Slayer which appears on their album Divine Intervention. The song opens up with a clean guitar playing an extremely eerie riff, although you know that if Slayer has a clean guitar, then the riff is obviously going to have a dark and eerie mood …
North to Alaska by Johnny Horton
Jonny Horton sings the song North To Alaska. I like this song because it talks about something I have always wanted to do. I have thought about moving to Alaska for about twenty years now. I even went so far as to find land for sale in Alaska. I …
Are You Sure Hank Done It This way is by Waylon Jennings
Are You Sure Hank Done It This way is by Waylon Jennings. It seems like he is asking a question about how Hank made it big because he is trying to copy him. I personally don’t think anyone needs to copy how someone else made it to be successful …
The Who Sell Out (Side I)
Overview —“ Side I of The Who Sell Out introduces the first half of this concept record with a group of seven songs which seem to work nicely together and actually pass by quite quickly. After listening to the first two tracks, I was thinking this record was going …
“Snake” (2003): R. Kelly
R. Kelly
“Snake”
Chocolate Factory
Jive Records
I guess the ghetto-ness of songs like “Ignition (Remix)” and “Feeling On Yo’ Booty” were beginning to run dry for R. Kelly so now he’s decided to depart from his ghetto ways and do something out of the ordinary, taking a page from Mystikal’s “Danger” video …
Bob Dylan - Ring Them Bells (Song)
Ring Them Bells is a track by Bob Dylan which appears on his album Oh Mercy. Ring Them Bells is a pretty laid-back track and primarily just features Dylan singing along with a piano behind him in a pretty serious and somber tone in his voice in my opinion. …
Animal Collective - Sung Tongs (Album)
Sung Tongs is an album released by Animal Collective which follows their release of Here Comes The Indian. As an album, Sung Tongs has been hailed as Animal Collective’s breakthrough record, and I must agree with this statement. Whereas I found Here Comes The Indian to be pretty weak …
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (Song)
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel which appears on their second album of the same name. Opening up with an acoustic strumming pattern similar to that of The King Of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1, Jeff Magnum comes in with a vocal delivery …
Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers (Song)
Volunteers is the title track of an album released by Jefferson Airplane. The song starts off with a distorted rhythm by itself but is soon joined by drums, a lead guitar, bass, and a piano as well, so as you can imagine the sound is quite full. The vocals …
Paper Planes
This song is very unique and different from a lot of other songs that I have heard. The first time I heard it I loved it. It’s one of my favorite songs right now and I really love it. I could probably listen to it over and over again …
Battle Studies by John Mayer
Though I do not consider myself to be as obsessed with John Mayer as many other girls that I know, I am a moderately enthusiastic fan. I enjoy his music and would definitely hear it live if given the opportunity. I recently purchased his “Battle Studies” album. After already …
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Up From The Skies (Song)
Up From The Skies is a song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience which appears on their album Axis: Bold As Love. The track starts off with an interesting rhythm on drums by Mitch Mitchell and a wah-wah riff on guitar from Hendrix along with his vocals singing over all …
Cannibal Corpse - Staring Through The Eyes of the Dead (song)
“Staring Through the Eyes of the Dead” is the opening track on Cannibal Corpse album “The Bleeding”. This right here is probably about as mainstream old school Cannibal Corpse has ever gone, besides their brief stint on Ace Venture Pet Detective. Although “Staring Through the Eyes of the Dead” …
The Calling-Wherever You Will Go(song)
The band the Calling has a really known song that came out a few years ago by the name Wherever You Will Go. It is song based around afew chords and some really nice guitar volume swells. This song by the band has a really big mainstream sound to …
311 band
Sometimes it’s good to just listen to music that stands apart from the regular. I find that escape when I listen to 311. Nick Hexum just has such a mellow voice and I love the how reggae sound they mix with the rock sound. Some of my favorite 311 …
The Sweet Escape by Gwen Stefani
I was/am a big No Doubt fan. I’m from the camp that enjoyed Gwen’s pink hair days (even though, yes, it signified a troubled rift between her and then-boyfriend Gavin Rossdale). “Return of Saturn” is my favorite album of theirs and I play it when I’m feeling especially nostalgic… …
System Of A Down - Hypnotize
Overview —“ Hypnotize, the second half of System Of A Down’s double album release Mezmerize/Hypnotize, is a good album to pick off where Mezmerize left off and continue in a similar style, feel, and sound as the aforementioned album. I’m not positive but I believe that both were completed …
Jojo - How to touch a girl
How to touch a girl from Jojo is a slow R & B song that nice to listen. I like this song because when it’s sing, it can shows the vocals, i like singing that’s why I like to practice my voice with a kind of song like that.
The …
Blame it on the Weatherman by B*Witched
I listened to this song over again when I broke up with my ex-boyfriend before. This song was sung by the girl-band B*Witched and I am so wanting them to make a comeback. I think they are no longer singing as a band; but none too sure about …
Exchange of Heart (song) David Slater
The sad sound of keyboard introduces this song, a ballad coming from David Slater. I have no idea who he is, what I only know is that he made a very sad song about love that can make you cry. It was popular in the 90’s but I am …
Beyonce Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) Video
Since Beyonce has embarked on her solo career, she has really raunched up her image and shows a lot more flesh than in the videos from her demure Destiny’s Child days. She is a sexy woman so I guess she is being clever and reckoning that sex sells, …
Sublime - Scarlet Begonias (Song)
Scarlet Begonias is a song by Sublime which is the tenth track to appear on their debut release, 40 Oz. To Freedom. I should mention that this is a cover of a pretty well-known Grateful Dead song which I’m pretty familiar with. What I particularly like about Scarlet Begonias …
Britney Spears: The Remixes
This is a decent remix album. I haven’t listened to a lot of remix albums so I may not know the difference between good and bad, but I know what I like and don’t like and I love this. It’s a great album to work out to for sure. …
Animal Collective - Tikiwid (Song)
Tikiwid is a song by Animal Collective and the second track on their 2006 EP entitled People. In contrast to the previous title track on the EP, Tikiwid returns the band to a more traditional sound which actually has a solid structure and a proper vocal performance. After listening …
Since I Found You by Christian Bautista
This song is sung by Christian Bautista. It tells about someone who falling in love. Because that love, his life has changed and it can make his dream comes true. This song has been popular in my country, Indonesia. Indonesian people very like this song, especially the girl teenagers, …
The Who - A Quick One (Side II)
Overview —“ Side II of A Quick One is really nowhere near as good as side I with the exception of one song, the title track of the album which is nothing less but a musical epic. Side I had excellent songwriting and just brilliant songs throughout and I …
Journey Greatest Hits
Journey is another of my all time favorite bands. The greatest hits, has all the best songs on it. I listen to this CD at least twice a week now. Back in the day I used to listen to it everyday.
I just love Steve Perry, he’s the lead vocal …
Music and Lyrics Album
Anyone who has seen this movie must have made an effort to look up the soundtrack too. I have watched this movie, fell in love with it, with the characters, the story, and even more with the soundtrack!
The soundtrack has 11 cuts, all of which are heard in …
Bob Dylan - Forever Young (Song)
Forever Young is a track by Bob Dylan which appears on Planet Waves. Just a note that the review I’m doing is for the slower version of Forever Young which lasts for about five minutes rather than the faster version which also appears on the same album. I’ve read …
Life Is Peachy, 1996 Album by Korn
I like this album a lot. And there are numerous reasons for it. I think that Korn managed to intensify their emotional strength on this album. Their previous album was rather dark, and very aggressive, of course, and it dealt rather well with serious emotional subjects. This album does …
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